Flower-holder



' H. AND 2. M. CALKINS.

FLOWER HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILE D OCT. II. I918.

Patented July 1, 1919.

shank 10 having a in UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIET!!! CALKINS AND ZELMA M. GALKINS, 0F VARYSIBUBG, NEW YORK.

FLOWER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1, 1919.

Application filed October 11, 1918. Serial No. 257,711.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRIETTE CALKINS and ZELMA M. CALKINS', citizens of the United States, residing at Varysburg, in the county of Wyoming and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower-Holders, of which the followin is a'specificaition.

This invention relates to a buttonhole flower holder and corsage bouquet holder,

acter which will permit the secure holding of the flower and which will permit application and removalthereof with ease.

With the above and other obJects In view,

as will ap car as the description proceeds, the invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will-be more fully described herein and set forth w1th particularity in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is had to the accom anying drawings forming a part of this app ication, in which like reference characters will indicate corresponding parts throughout the several view, in whic Figure 1 is a perspective view of our im proved flower holder with a flower held therein, Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and

Fig. 3 is a front elevation.

Referrin to the drawings in detail, our improved ower holder is shown as comprising a section of wire formed into a I int 11 if desired, designed to. enter t e 0th of the coat or other apparel, when used as a buttonhole flower holder or corsage bouquet holder. It

is of course understood that the point 11 can be omitted and the shank extended through the buttonhole or other article of apparel, such as a ladys shirt waist or the like.

The shank 10 is formed atits upper end with a rebent portion 12 extendmg forwardly and laterally and slightly restricted in diameter with respect to an upper portion or coil 13 formed as a continuation thereof in front of the shank 10 near the upper portion thereof. Immediately below the bent portion 12 below the coil 13, the wire is bent to produce a dependingportion 14 of restricted size, the free extremity extending downwardly and transversely as shown at 15, thus producing a substantially bayonet-like slot designed. to accommodate the flower stem, the portions 14 and 15 serving to grip the stem portion 16 and base 17 of a flower 18 so as to securely hold the latter in position. To facilitate this, the portion 15 extends diametrically and is bowed outwardly to provide a hump 19 and formed at its free end with a hook 20, to lock or en gage around the side of the portion 13,- to retain the flower in position.

It will thus be seen that we have provided a .simple and efiicient form of button hole flower holder or corsa e bouquet holder, and it is to be understood that the device can be made of proper flexible wire, which will give the required spring gripping efi'ect, such as for instance steel spring w1re suitably plated with gold or silver, or properly tempered gold or silver or other precious metal.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding of the construction, operation and advantages of our invention may be had, and while we have shown and described the device as embodying a s ecific structure, we desire it to be understo that such changes may be made in said structure as do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, what weclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A button hole flower holder and corsage bouquet holder, comprising a shank having the upperfend thereof bent laterally to provide a restricted portion and thendownw ardly to provide a depending restricted portion adapted to receive the stem of. a flower, and a coil and transverse portioiriforming gripping members and adapted a transverse pOI'tlOI} bowed forwardly lab to accommodate the baseiof a flower. I rovide a hump.

' 2; A flower holder of the elass'described In testimony whereof we afl'lx ourhsigna- 10 comprising a pointed shank, a coil relative tures' hereto.

5 to which the shank'is diametrically located, v v saigl coil being located adjacent one terminal 'HARRIETTE CALKINS. of the shankand having ofl'set portions and ZELMA M. CALKINS. f 

